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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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